Door fastener



M. J EN SEN DOOR FASTENER Filed Feb. 7, 1933 Q; I w !J Patented Aug. 8, 1933 UNITED :STATES PATENT oFFics This invention relates to improvements in door fastening devices and pertains particularly to a device wherein there is a hook carried by the door and a keeper carried by the adjacent door 5 frame.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a door fastening device having an adjustment feature whereby the use of the fastener is permitted for securely locking the door even though it maybe impossible to completely close the door as a result of warping of the same or for other reasons( Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the above described character which is designed-to have a padlock or other locking means associated therewith whereby the fastener may be secured against operation as desired.

A still further object of the invention is to 0 provide a doo r'fastener employing a hook and 0 a keeper, wherein the keeper includes a swingable bar with which the hook isconnected, which bar carries a plurality of elementsadjustable thereon to facilitate the-altering of the point of connection of the hook therewith, whereby differences in the distance between the point of connection of the hook with the door and the point of connectionof the keeper with the door frame due to dampness or warping of the door or due to other causes, may be compensated for.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, with the understanding, however; that the invention is not confined to anystrict conformity with the showing of the drawing but may bechanged or modified so long as such changes or modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawing:'-

- Figure -1 is a horizontal sectional view through a portion of a door and an adjacent frameshowing partiallyin section and partially in elevation, the keeper embodying the present invention; Y

. Figure is a .view in frontelevation of the keeper structure showing the same in applied position; V Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially upon the line 33 ofFigure 1.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing wherein like numerals of referenceindicate corresponding parts throughout the several 0 views, the numerals 1 and 2 indicate respectively a portion of a door and a portion of the adjacent jamb therefor. I

The device embodyingthe present invention is in two units one of which,'indicated generally bythe numeral 3, may be referred to, as an en- 0 tirety, as the hook, while the other which is indicated as a whole'by the, numeral 4, maybe referred to, as an entirety, as the keeper.

The hook 3 comprises aflat bar 5 which has an aperture 6 the eye I of a bolt 8." This bolt is secured in the door 1 in the manner shown and the bar. 5 swings freelyfrom the eye 7. At theother end of the bar 5 there is pivotally secured thereto at one end in which is engaged by means of the rivet 9, the fiat hook element 10 which has'the bill 11 formed at the free end as shown. 4

The keeper 4.. comprises a channel-like. body having a back. wall 12 and spaced parallel edge walls 13 whichsare at right anglesto the back wall as' shown;. At one end of c this channel member the side .walls are provided with the longitudinally extending slots 14,w-hile-at the opposite. end the side walls are connected by the pin 15.

Thech'annel member ofthe keeperis secured horizontally to the door frame 2 inthe manner shown, that is, withits back wall 12 against the frame and the side walls 13 extending forwardly therefrom. The pin 15 will then be vertically disposed as shown.

The pin 15 is extended through one end of and is pivotally connected with akeeper bar 16 and the other'end of this bar is turned back upon itself to form the billportion 17 of a relatively 9 deep hook which is numeral 13; r

This keeper bar as shown is of. greater length than the channel in which it mounted and indicated as a whole by the r it is adapted to be swung into the channel with 9 the bill portion 1'? of the hook abutting the rear wall, so that the area between the bill and the body of the hook or the. bar 16 is in vertical alignment with the openings 14in the walls 13. This permits of the extension into the hook is behind the bill 1'7 thereof, of the shiftable latch pinlQ which is disposed vertically between the walls 13 and which has its ends extended throughthe openings 14 in the manner illustrated. The ends of this iatch pin are headed as shown and interposedbetween each head and the adjacent wall 13 is a washer 26 which slides against the adjacent wall 13 to facilitate the movement. of the pin.. As shown in Figure 1 the extent of the slotsor openings 14 in the walls 13 is such that the latch pin 19 may be shifted sufficiently to permit the hook bill 17 to swing outwardly clear of the latch pin so that the keeper bar 16 may be swung out of the channel member.

Adjacent the end of the keeper bar which is pivotally' connected with the pin 15 there is resiliently and removably attached to the keeper bar the split sleeve '21 which serves asa spacer for groups of washer elements .22 and 23. The washer element 22 at the forward end of the sleeve is permanently retained in this position, while at the other end or" the sleeve a number of the washer elements are held in the man'- ner illustrated. I H

In the operation of the present door fastener all of the washer elements except the'element 22 are normally retained at'theend ofthe keeper bar adjacent the pivot pin 15 and whenthe dooris closedthe keeper bar, 16,is swung outwardly to extend away from the channeljm'ember in whichit is mounted and the bill 11 of the pivoted end portion 10 of the hook, unit 3 ,is engaged over the portion of the keeper bar which is partially surrounded by the sleeve 21. The keeper. bar maythen be swung back into the channel member 'to the position wherethe latch pin 1'9may be shifted into the hook 18. This will then hold the units 3 and 4 together. If thedoor is to be locked then a suitable padlock such as is indicated at .24 may be used by passing the'staple'portion .25 through the opening 14 in the lower wall 13 of the keeper unit channel member in the end of the opening nearest the door. This will prevent movementof the latch pin 19 back the necessary distance to free the bill 17' of the hook. at the end of the keeper bar. In theevent that the door cannot be closed 'entirely'sothat. the hook unit will .be virtually shortened this alteration in the relative positions of the units may be compensated for. by removing the sleeve 21 and slipping one or twogor more of the washers 23 forwardly against the washer 22 and then replacing the sleeve "21 to hold-the washers in the positions to which they have been moved. The bill end of the; hook .unit may then be engaged with the keeper bar.16 at a point closer to the pivot'pin 15 of the keeper bar and the keeper bar may be moved all the way in to the position in which it is shown in Figure 1. V

In addition to the foregoing. .it will be readily seen that the means of adjusting the relative positions of' the 'units 3 and 4 may also be employed in the event that they are not" properly located by the mechanic attaching them to the 'door' and-jamb. Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is -l-. -A"'do'or -latc'h, comprising ahook, a keeper including a swinging bar with which the hook is connected, and means adjustable longitudinally of and'ontheibar to compensate for changes 'in the relative positions of the hook and keeper to permit propcr coupling of the same together.

2. A door latch, comprising a hook, a keeper including a swinging bar withwhich the hook is connected, means on the bar adjustable to compensate for changes in the relative positions or" the hooka'nd keeper to permit proper coupling of the sametogeth'er, and means carried 'by'the keeper for securing the bar against movement.

. 3. A door latch, comprising a hookjake'ep'er unit consisting of a channel member, a bar 'pivsaid hook being adapted otally secured at one end Within the channel member and adjacent an end of the latter whereby its other free end may be swung out of the member, the said bar when in operative position extending longitudinally of the channel and having its pivoted end nearest the hook, and means for securing the free end of the bar within the channel, the said hook being adapted to engage the bar to be held thereby.

4. A door latch, comprising a hook, a keeper unit'consisting of a channel member, a bar pivptally secured at one end within the channel member and adjacent an end of the latter, the

said ar when in operative position extending longitudinally of the channel and having its pivoted end nearest the hook, means for securing the'free end of the bar within the channel, the to engage the bar to be held "thereby, and means adjustable on and longitudinally of the bar whereby the point of connection of the hook therewith maybe 'adiu d- 5. A door latch, comprising a 'hoo'k'member, a bar pivotally mounted at one end to swing upon a vertical axis, the said hook having a bill for connection across the bar'andlithe "free end of the bar being swingable away from the hook when the bar is moved to operative position, means for securing the bar againstimo'vment, andmeans for adjusting the point of connection of the hook with the bar.

e. .A, door, la h. c m risi a Q eem rf bar pivotally mount dat one end to swing upon a vertical 'axis, the said hook being adapted for detachable connection with the bar andjthe pivoted end of the bar being nearest the hook when the bar is inoperative position, means for securing the bar against movement, and means for. adjusting t e point oi connection;of the hook with the bar. comprising ja plural ty of I15 shiftab'le elements slidably mounted 4 upon the bar and a spacer partially encircling the bar for, retaining the said elements-in a selected position. A

I. A door latch, comprisinga hook divided 0 into two'pivotallyconnected portions, one of said portions being reverted "tolform a hook bill,

keeper means comprising a bar pivotally mounted at one end, with which said hook bill engages .1 when inoperative position, said bar having its 1 free end directed awayv fromthehook when in operative position, and shiftablemeans upon -.the bar whereby the, point of connecttion of the 'hook'bill with the bar maybe regulated. n v, A 3

8. A door latch, comprising a hook membena keeper consisting of a channel like member, 'a bar pivotally secured atone end in one end-of the channel-like member ,to' swing upon a vertical axis, the other end of the bar being reverted-to form a hook bill which when the bar isgin operative position has its ,tip disposed withinfthe channel, the J said"channel.'member having its side walls slottedat the end adjacent the hook billf'anda pin cdnnecting'said wa'lls and'having n its ends slidably extended through the "slots f thereof, said pin member being movable 'm"the slots 'of"s'aid"walls to positidnbetween the tbar and the hook bill to retain the latter inoperative position, saidslots providing means; aftermoving 1-45 said pin, for' the engagement "of'a 'locking'element with the channel around "the bar.

9. A door latch, comprising a hookmemberfia keeper consisting of 'a cha r'in'el-like member, a "bar pivota'lly 'securedat -one 'end'm one end "of the channel-like member to swing upon a vertical axis, the other end of the bar being reverted to form a hook bill which when the bar is in operative position has its tip disposed within the channel, the said channel member having its side walls slotted at the end adjacent the hook bill, a pin connecting said walls and having its ends slidably extended through the slots thereof, said pin member being adapted to enter between the bar and the hook bill to retain the latter in operative position, and means on the bar for adjusting the point of connection of the first mentioned hook with the bar.

10. A door latch, comprising a hook member, a keeper consisting of a channel-like member, a bar pivotally secured at one end in one end of the channel-like member to swing upon a vertical axis, the other end of the bar being reverted to form a hook bill which when the bar is in operative position has its tip disposed within the channel, the said channel member having its side walls slotted at the end adjacent the hook bill, a pin connecting said walls and having its ends slidably extended through the slots thereof, said pin member being adapted to enter between the bar and the hook bill to retain the latter in operative position, and means on the bar for adjusting the point of connection of the first mentioned hook with the bar, comprising a plurality of elements shiftably mounted upon the bar, a member carried by the bar and constituting a stop for the movement of said elements'longitudinally thereof and a split spacer sleeve removably carried by the bar between said stop member and the'pivoted end of the bar for retaining said movable members in a selected position. o

11. A door latch, comprising a swingingly mounted hook having a bill at its free end which when in operative position is substantially hori-,

zontially disposed, a bar member designed to be pivotally supported adjacent the hook to swing on a vertical axis, said bar when in operative position being disposed substantially at right angles with the body to which the hook is attached and said hook bill being designed to engage over the bar, elements movable on the bar for shifting the point of connection of the bill therewith, and

an element removably mounted. on the bar for retaining said shiftable elements in adjusted position thereon.

MARTIN JENSEN. 

